2021-11-02 10:06
Facebook or otherwise, Meta, has announced the launch of the 2021 edition of a digital literacy program aimed at equipping young people and the public with the skills needed to navigate digi… Read More
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2021-10-29 13:05
It appears everything under Facebook’s umbrella, or should I say Meta’s, is having a tough time nowadays. Instagram is no exception in that regard, with one example coming to min… Read More
2021-10-29 12:54
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects the fact the company is now much broader than just the social m… Read More
2021-10-21 09:45
Kaspersky has unveiled a free platform for small businesses to improve their security.
The platform, called ‘Kaspersky Cybersecurity on a Budget’, provides small businesses with… Read More
2021-10-21 09:33
The pandemic has had a negative impact across supply chains, and chips have been particularly hard hit. Canalys principal analyst Ben Stanton says that manufacturers are trying to keep up as… Read More
2021-10-21 09:26
OPPO, a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company, has launched a global version of its ColorOS 12.
According to the company, the new ColorOS is based on Android 12 and… Read More
2021-10-21 09:09
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has revealed plans to launch a new social media platform, called ‘TRUTH Social’.
This was made known in a statement on Wednes… Read More
2021-10-20 09:34
TAIPEI — China’s leading smartphone maker Oppo is developing high-end mobile chips for its premium handsets in a bid to gain control over core components and reduce its reliance… Read More
2021-10-19 08:59
Android 12 might have gone stable today, with rollout to supported Pixel phones already happening, but this is not the end of the Android 12 Beta program. Google has quietly announced t… Read More
2021-10-18 09:12
Square Inc, a United States fintech company, has said it will soon begin investigating technical requirements for building an open-source bitcoin mining system.
The company, which is run by… Read More
2021-09-01 09:14
You’re probably here because you’d like to find out whether Remotasks is a good way to make money, or just another wild scam to avoid?
Well, Remotasks is legit. It’s a micr… Read More
2021-08-12 09:37
For years, we’ve been conditioned to think that our smartphones should look a certain way: slab-like rectangles that seem to get bigger and bigger every year.
But as those screen… Read More
2021-08-07 15:26
When the world wide web first launched, a common piece of advice was to avoid giving your information out and talking to strangers. Now, apps like Uber lead strangers to our doorsteps so tha… Read More
2021-03-17 20:35
Financial inclusion in Africa has been one of the biggest success stories in the last decade
According to a report published by the International Finance Corporation, the implementatio… Read More
2021-03-14 10:42
Apple Music has launched “Africa to the World”, a definitive collection of original and exclusive content from some of Africa’s biggest superstars.
These include Burna Boy… Read More
2021-03-11 20:43
The African internet economy is growing rapidly, with online commerce in the region growing 75% faster than the global average.
In order to help grow Africa’s online GDP, Stripe h… Read More
2021-02-23 07:34
Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly told suppliers that smartphone production will drop by about 60 percent in 2021.
According to Nikkei Asia, citing people familiar with the… Read More
2021-02-23 07:27
Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will arrive in over 80 new countries, along with rolling out 36 new languages on its platform.
Announcing t… Read More
2021-02-22 20:38
Tesla could have made more in profits from its recent bitcoin investment than it has made selling EVs, Yahoo! Finance reported.
When bitcoin hit the $50,000 mark for the first time… Read More
2021-01-09 09:33
The world has become a global village thanks to the technology that has radically affected the way individuals, businesses, and co-operations handle their daily operations.
While technology… Read More
2021-01-09 09:02
With technology having an immense impact on the photography market, debates have sparked on whether smartphones will throw professional cameras off the market.
When shopping for a smartphone… Read More
2021-01-09 08:04
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Safaricom announced that they were waving M-Pesa transaction fees such that, transactions below Ksh1000 were free across the country.
All this was to en… Read More
2020-12-14 12:36
Google services including Gmail, YouTube, and Google search seems to be down for some users. Downdetector confirms the outage. The search engine giant is yet to acknowledge the outage.
At th… Read More
2020-09-02 04:11
Tecno will be launching the Camon 16 series smartphones through an AR event on September 3.
The company has made a YouTube listing for the live launch which will start streaming at 10.15 pm… Read More
2020-08-20 08:14
Gmail is currently a trending topic on Twitter as widespread issues are being reported by users for the past couple of hours. Issues have been noticed in many of the G Suite services, most p… Read More
2020-08-15 12:30
Are you looking forward to purchasing the latest smartphone with amazing features such as; a good battery, powerful processor, fingerprint scanner, and quality cameras?
I’ve rounded up… Read More
2020-08-08 11:56
With the rising consumption of the internet for numerous reasons such as working online, social media updates, and studying, internet reliability has proven to be an important necessity.
Acc… Read More
2020-08-06 01:24
Samsung has announced the much-awaited new Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra via its Unpacked August 2020 live stream event. Much like in 2019, Samsung is continuing to offer two variant… Read More
2020-08-05 00:12
Sharing files between devices on Android hasn’t ever been an easy-to-accomplish task. We had that NFC-tapping Beam thing at one point, but mostly the process has involved sharing throu… Read More
2020-08-04 19:22
Corning has announced a significantly improved version of its Gorilla Glass called Victus.
Prior to this, the company used to chose between improving drop or scratch resistance, but thi… Read More
2020-08-04 19:00
The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is being unveiled at Samsung Unpacked on August 5, and is set to be one of Samsung’s most popular flagships, nudging the Note 10 and the… Read More
2020-07-31 08:52
There are reports and rumours doing rounds that the internet might be shut down tomorrow (31 July). There is no way to verify these rumours but the Zimbabwean government has “illegally… Read More
2020-07-28 10:16
Safaricom, in partnership with Google today launched the Lipa Mdogo Mdogo payment plan which will allow customers who earn a daily wage to access low-cost 4G smartphones for a deposit of KSh… Read More
2020-07-26 10:46
Operating and running a new business venture successfully is a tough job. According to a report, about 80% of new businesses close down in the first year.
This is a huge failure rate and sho… Read More
2020-07-24 20:49
Do you consider yourself an educator? Has lock-down affected your conventional way of teaching?
Well, Pedagogue is an online platform that offers social interaction between teacher… Read More
2020-06-28 02:51
Many people are using services like Zoom and Google Meet, so it’s no surprise that the companies behind them have been pouring a ton of resources into making them better to use. G… Read More
2020-06-15 05:26
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Read More
2020-06-02 09:46
To kick off a new month and increase Galaxy S20 sales, Samsung introduced a new Samsung Access program today. The program is a monthly subscription service that gets you a new phon… Read More
2020-06-02 09:33
Google may have postponed the Android 11 Beta launch event that was scheduled for this week, but the company just gave us the goods by way of an early push of the build to a handfu… Read More
2020-06-02 09:20
Small businesses that involve website design, a subset of digital marketing, tend to be among those that make the most sales and bring in the most profit.
The post Top 7 Profitable Businesse… Read More
2020-05-31 19:39
Set your email app to forward messages from a particular sender to your phone's SMS address automatically.
The post Auto-forward important mail to your phone as a text message with any carri… Read More
2020-05-31 19:21
As we begin to dare to start thinking about life after COVID-19, it becomes apparent it’ll be different in all sorts of ways, with little left untouched.
One consequence the&nb&hell…Read More
2020-05-31 19:21
The pandemic is forcing tech giants and governments to find new ways to work together, which could affect their future relationships.
The post Zuckerberg: A post-COVID digital deal between t… Read More
2020-05-31 19:15
Jack Dorsey’s Square employees are being given the option to work from home permanently. The CEO told workers Monday if they want to continue working remotely once COVID-19&n&hell…Read More
2020-05-30 07:48
Google launched Plus Codes back in 2015, something I wasn’t aware of. Plus Codes are digital addresses made from latitude and longitude coordinates, meaning every place in the world ha… Read More
2020-05-27 14:03
Are you itching for an internet fridge? Hankering for a smart washing machine? Thirsting for an IoT-enabled thermostat?
Well, think twice before you make a potentially costly mistake when de… Read More
2020-05-02 09:33
How technology affects our well-being partly depends on whether it strengthens our relationships.
The post Is Technology affecting the society of today Negatively? appeared first on smattgee… Read More
2020-04-25 10:40
This is all escalating so quickly. Last night, LG announced via a YouTube video that it will unveil the Velvet smartphone on May 7, which is really quite soon considering the V60 l… Read More
2020-04-25 10:35
Should you be stuck at home and not able to see your amigos, Facebook is introducing Messenger Rooms, allowing users to create shared video rooms that anyone else can join, ev… Read More
2020-04-24 10:27
Searching on Google is an action some of us do dozens of times per day. Depending on the topic, deciding on precise search terms can be difficult and you may have wondered if Google is even… Read More
2020-03-11 08:09
The Face Unlock feature on Google’s Pixel 4 was supposed to be as secure as it gets, in a lot of ways like Apple’s. Google put a bunch of super fancy face sca… Read More
2020-03-11 08:02
Spotify is rolling out a refreshed home page to its Android and iOS apps today to bring forth the content you need at the precise moment it thinks you’ll need it. Spotify wants th… Read More
2020-02-15 05:54
Kenya’s fintech startup JointPesa has launched an online payment solution that will see online buyers and sellers cushioned against frauds. The new platform, dabbed ‘JointPesa, i… Read More
2020-02-15 05:47
OPPO is canceling its Find X2 Global Launch Event in light of the new coronavirus epidemic. OPPO Find X2 event canceled after MWC 2020 The Android OEM says it takes the coronavirus… Read More
2020-02-15 05:41
OnePlus has started pushing out a new beta update for one of its 2019 flagships, the OnePlus 7 Pro. This update is marked as OxygenOS Open Beta 9, and it seems to be removing the o… Read More
2020-02-15 05:28
The Tecno Pouvoir 2 comes with a display of 6 inches. It uses the IPS LCD display technology. It has a resolution of 1440 by 720 pixels. The display is quite good quality for phones within t… Read More
2020-02-15 05:22
Huawei is in the hot seat these days, but Trump is now delaying the full Huawei US ban for an additional 45 days. Trump Ban delay is the fourth since May 2018 This isn’t the first… Read More
2020-02-15 05:15
The Google Pixel 5 XL launch is not expected for another eight months or so, and yet the phone’s first render has just leaked. This render comes from Front Page Tech’s… Read More
2020-02-13 09:33
Hi there, so the Galaxy S20 is official with its bigger brothers, the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra. To say that Samsung went all-out is probably an understatement, as these phones i… Read More
2020-02-13 09:14
Essential has called it quits. After teasing their next phone under the codename “Project GEM” back in October, we’ve heard little from the company, outside of a few u… Read More
2020-02-13 09:06
Mobile World Congress 2020 has been canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus. Throughout a bit of a confusing morning, we first only had local reports from Barcelona (the host city) say… Read More
2020-01-30 08:29
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra will be the top tier Galaxy S20 smartphone which will launch on February 11th alongside the Galaxy S20 and Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus. New details regarding these hands… Read More
2020-01-30 08:15
Getting the newest updates on Google Pixel phones hasn’t always been the easiest process. You could hope that the “Check for updates” button works this month, wait for Goog… Read More
2020-01-30 07:56
We aren’t to February 11, for those keeping track, yet here we are sharing all there is to share about Samsung’s next foldable phone, dubbed Galaxy Z Flip. Awful name aside… Read More
2020-01-30 07:39
A presumably seldom used feature on Google Play is the ability to pre-register for apps and games. I don’t know if you’ve ever done this before, but as of right now, it’s a… Read More
2020-01-21 10:10
When Samsung officially announces the Galaxy S20 on February 11, it’ll do so with a new boss at the helm of its mobile division. After an OK year with the Galaxy S10 and Note 10… Read More
2020-01-14 10:34
As one of the first to upgrade an AMOLED to a higher refresh rate, OnePlus certainly deserves some credit for the push in 2019 to 90Hz displays by other phone makers. In 2020, they are… Read More
2019-12-27 09:00
CES, basically the last place you want to be if you care about Android smartphone news these days, may actually have some Android smartphone news this year. In a new report from Korea H… Read More
2019-12-21 09:22
Are you in a fix and need a loan? We will review a list of loan apps in Kenya that allows you to access loans on your smartphone and receive your credit through Mpesa. Best Loan apps in Keny… Read More
2019-12-21 08:49
Motorola’s original goal with their new foldable Razr was to put it up for pre-order the day after Christmas, then ship it to your anxious hands in early January. That&r&hell…Read More
2019-12-16 08:21
One of our planet’s most recognizable voices is now available for Amazon’s Alexa. Yup, I’m talking about the Jedi Master with the purple lightsaber, Samuel L. Jackson… Read More
2019-12-10 14:21
The image at the top of this post is of the OnePlus X, a mid-range phone from OnePlus that was released at the end of 2015. I’m not sure it sold well or was much of a success beca… Read More
2019-12-01 11:54
Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi K30 series has been leaked to its full glory but new details make the launch even more interesting. The company has now teased the Redmi K30 saying th… Read More
2019-11-30 09:33
After a backlash from its users, Twitter has decided not to remove inactive accounts until it finds a way to memoralise accounts of the deceased. The micro-blogging platform on November 26 a… Read More
2019-11-30 09:15
A reddit user over in the UK discovered an Android 10 roadmap inside of the Samsung Members app recently, detailing exactly which of Samsung’s devices wil… Read More
2019-11-29 11:28
Transsion Holdings’ smartphone brand TECNO Mobile has launched a new smartphone, Spark Power, which comes with a massive 6,000mAh battery. Priced at $118, the phone will be the la… Read More
2019-11-29 10:59
Samsung is reportedly working on ‘Lite’ versions of its flagship Galaxy phones – Galaxy Note 10 Lite and Galaxy S10 Lite. As the names suggest, the Lite models will be… Read More
2019-11-27 09:58
In a decision that shouldn’t really affect too many users, Samsung is moving to end support of Bixby Voice on devices still running Nougat and Oreo, according to a… Read More
2019-11-26 14:00
Motorola recently launched their foldable device and earlier this year, Samsung launched their Galaxy Fold smartphone and now a fresh report has revealed that Samsung has filed a patent to E… Read More
2019-11-25 15:37
The Honor V30 that is said to be released on November 26 was leaked with a Hisilicon Kirin 990 SoC. While we are still looking forward to the launch to confirm, the company posted a short vi… Read More
2019-11-23 17:22
Facebook’s new meme-making app is called Whale, and it is the company’s latest experiment. Whale app allows users to design their photos with text and stickers to create memes. A… Read More
2019-11-23 16:48
I decided to put up this post today to help many people out there who still don’t know how to differentiate original Infinix phones from fake ones. Though this post may not be really n… Read More
2019-11-23 16:29
Tecno has really been amazing at producing their Android Smartphones. And I love bringing all this series of Tecno phones together. This is the Tecno Camon Phones series, including their pri… Read More
2019-11-23 10:16
Google Cloud Print users, you have a little over one year to complete your printing tasks, then Google is shutting down the service for good. Cloud Print, Google’s cloud-based pri… Read More
2019-11-23 10:12
Samsung is shipping out the sixth update to the One UI 2.0 beta (based on Android 10) to Galaxy S10 lineup owners. Inside, there’s only a handful of bug fixes, as well as the… Read More
2019-11-22 13:39
There is a new entry level device from Huawei that is coming up very soon. Android Headlines has shared the upcoming Huawei phone dubbed the Huawei Y6s. The standard Huawei Y6 was… Read More
2019-11-22 13:34
Oppo has unveiled their new custom operating system which is the ColorOS 7 yesterday. Now the company has announced that the upcoming Reno 3 series will be the first smartphone from Oppo to… Read More
2019-11-22 13:26
Vivo has launched its latest midrange phone in India. It comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, curved plastic back with gradient finish and packs a 5000mAh battery. The battery supp… Read More
2019-11-22 10:06
Zimbabwean mobile handset manufacturer GTel says it has embarked on targeting local savings and credit cooperatives (saccos) to offer its phones on flexible repayment plans as part of a new… Read More
2019-11-21 18:10
There are many internet service providers Kenya from which one can subscribe. It is however tedious to settle on the most appropriate ISP with the diversity. It is worth mentioning that most… Read More
2019-11-21 17:44
Digging through code buried inside the latest build of Samsung’s Camera app, XDA has stumbled upon possible features for future devices from the company. Based on t… Read More
2019-11-21 17:38
After January 31, 2020, you will no longer find the Cortana mobile app and Microsoft is removing the digital assistance from Microsoft Launcher in select regions. At this… Read More
2019-11-21 17:27
If anyone still utilizes Apex Launcher, you may have noticed the introduction of an invasive advertising method that prompted users to download and use the launcher developer’s ow… Read More
2019-11-21 16:47
The end appears to have arrived for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T. This week, OnePlus is beginning to ship the last security update the phones will likely receive, marking the end for th… Read More
2019-11-20 16:30
Samsung has finally launched the Samsung Galaxy W20 5G, a tweaked version of the Galaxy fold but it now comes with a faster Snapdragon 855+ SoC. It has a white colour option and it is fuelle… Read More
2019-08-14 07:23
With Dark Mode being all the rage right now, it’s unsurprising to hear of many apps that have either recently received a dark mode for their UI or are at least working on one… Read More
2019-08-13 08:09
You’ve been able to ask Twitter to send you a push notification when a particular user sends out a new tweet for a while now. Soon you might be able to get a push notification when a t… Read More
2019-08-13 07:54
Announced only last week, the Galaxy Note 10 lineup is receiving a ton of praise already from both DxOMark and DisplayMate. Specifically, DxOMark is loving… Read More
2019-08-13 07:44
Available today for Pixel devices and coming to all Android devices with a fingerprint reader and running Nougat+ in the next couple of days, you can now use your fingerprint to log in to ce… Read More
2019-08-13 07:38
The successor to this year’s G8 ThinQ is reported to be the G8X, said to be unveiled at this year’s IFA in September. Thanks to @OnLeaks, who has a solid… Read More
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